楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 1.593

1.593

This passage queries and explains the śrāvaka who grasps at characteristics. First, it explains the vikalpa of svabhāva, stating that the forms of the four great elements each have their spontaneous nature, such as earth having solidity as its nature, water having moisture as its nature, fire having warmth as its nature, and wind having motion as its nature. Saying 'not born of making' means they are not born through deliberate production; yet they still give rise to grasping regarding the svalakṣaṇa and sāmānyalakṣaṇa of the skandhas, dhātus, and āyatanas. 'Earlier conquerors' refers to the Buddha, meaning the Buddha skillfully and well expounded them; it means that the śrāvaka who clings to the teaching cannot understand that svabhāva is fundamentally empty, and seeing the various characteristics of those realms, gives rise to the vikalpa of svabhāva. One who is a Bodhisattva should know this fault and abandon it, and accord with and enter into the characteristics of the selflessness of dharmas, and so forth. The *Ru Lengqie* states: 'Leaving behind the view of the selflessness of persons, entering into the characteristics of the selflessness of dharmas, they gradually enter the stages.' 'This is called' and what follows is the conclusion.